Letters: Salute for service

Letters: Salute for service

Only about 40 percent of conceptions progress past the first trimester. The vast majority are lost before the woman is aware of the conception and medical practitioners can detect an embryo. Even the spontaneous miscarriages that women are aware of represent more abortions than those that are induced. Therefore, nature (or God, depending on one’s faith) is responsible for most abortions. High time supporters of Roe v. Wade say that. - Howard S. Rubenstein, M.D., San Diego

Keystone opposed

Regarding your editorial of Jan 25 on the Keystone pipeline project, I could not disagree more.

Developing the tar sands represents a catastrophic threat to our communities, our climate, and our planet. At a time when we need to be cutting our greenhouse gas emissions significantly, going ahead with the Keystone would be the equivalent of adding at least 4 million new cars to the road (congressional research service report) in terms of emissions. The only rational approach is to leave the tar sands in the ground and shift to renewable sources.

President Obama committed to action on climate change during his inaugural speech. If he’s serious about climate he’ll say no to the Keystone XL pipeline. - Masada Disenhouse, La Mesa

Schools and money

Let me get this straight. Teachers get the money. Buildings don’t get the money. Teachers have unions and elect politicians. Buildings don’t